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MS-B.775.023
17 Mar 1775:33 (5/215)
[Deposition of Thomas Ditson, Jun. of Billerica, who was
lured into purchasing a gun from a soldier and then tarred
and feathered in Boston. During the procession through
town:] they marched with a number of officers before them,
one of whom I was told was the Colonel of the 47th regiment,
who I have since heard was named Nesbit, together with a
number of drums and fifes, from the wharf up King-street and
down fore-street, and then through the main-street, . . .
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